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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sir James Arthur Cayzer, 5th Baronet, scion of a great British shipping family, died at Kinpurnie Castle, Angus, 27 February, 2012. He was 80. He was born 15 Nov, 1931, second son of Sir Charles William Cayzer, 3rd Baronet (1896-1940) by his wife the former Beatrice Eileen Meakin; succeeded to the baronetcy (cr UK, 1904), on the death of his elder brother, Sir Nigel, the 4th Baronet, who was killed in action at Salerno, 11 Sept, 1943. The 5th Baronet was unmarried and the baronetcy now devolves upon his kinsman, the 3rd Baron Rotherwick.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Cyril Dickman, a favourite royal servant, who served the Royal Family for more than 50 years, has died. Lambeth-born Mr Dickman, former Palace Steward died last week aged 85.

Mr Dickman's funeral was held at the Chapel Royal St James's Palace, 27 February, 2012, and the Royal Family were well represented. The Queen and Prince Philip were represented by the Hon Mary Morrison, the Queen's lady in waiting; Wing Commander Richard Pattle represented the Prince of Wales; former royal nanny Mabel Anderson represented the Duke of York, and Lt-Col Sean O'Dwyer represented the Earl of Wessex. The Princess Royal was represented by Rowena Feilden, her lady in waiting. The Duke of Kent was represented by Capt Charles Pearson, and Princess Alexandra by stalwart royal retainer Lady Susan Hussey.

Monday, February 27, 2012

The Hon. Peregrine John Wishart Fairfax, a son of the 12th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, died 23rd February, 2012. He was 86. Mr Fairfax was born 8 March, 1925. His father, Albert Kirby Fairfax (1870-1939) succeeded his father in 1900 as 12th holder of the peerage (cr Scotland, 1627).

Friday, February 24, 2012

Belinda Clayre Logan (nee Greenwell, b 1977), scion of the Greenwell Baronets, and wife of James Logan, gave birth to a daughter, Martha Sarah, 16 February, 2012, a sister for Theo. James is the younger son of David and Judith Logan, of Kemerton, Gloucestershire, and Belinda is the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Bernard Greenwell, 4th Baronet (b. 10 June, 1948), of Gedgrave Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, by his wife the former Sarah Louise Gore-Anley.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Baron Corbett of Castle Vale (Life Peer, cr 2001) died 19 February, 2012. He was 78. As Robin Corbett MP he sponsored a ground-breaking Private Members Bill in the Commons in 1976 which provided anonymity to the victims of rape. Robin Corbett was born 22 Dec, 1933, & was twice married. A daughter, Polly Hudson, is a columnist on the Daily Mirror.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Maj John Christopher Beck, OBE, died 14 February, 2012, aged 86. He was the son of Rev Preb Henry Wolferstan BECK AKC (1896-1972) ofSherborne, Dorset. He married in 1950, Cynthia Mary Flower Roche-Kelly (1917-?),scion of that Irish gentry family of co Clare, and of the Barons Fermoy, and was kin of HRH The Duke of Cambridge, &c.

From the London Gazette of 13 February 2012: Crown Office House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW 6 February 2012

The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 6 February 2012 to appoint The Right Honourable Robert John Reed (commonly called Lord Reed) to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Robert John REED (b 1956) is the son of George Reed. He m 1988, Jane Mylne and they have 2 daus. He was made a PC in 2008. He was appointed 1998 a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland (a Lord of Session).

The engagement was announced 20 February 2012 between Ruaridh Christian .M. Hook (b 1984), only son of Mr Christian Hook, of Camptoun House, East Lothian, by his wife, the former Stephanie M. Taylor, and the Lady Charlotte Rose Fitzroy (b 10 March, 1983) scion of the Dukes of Grafton, third daughter of the late James Oliver Charles Fitzroy, styled Earl of Euston (1947-2009), by his wife, Clare Amabel Margaret, Countess of Euston, (nee Kerr, scion of the Marquesses of Lothian), &c.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Simon Mark Noel Ponsonby, who died 14 February, 2012, aged 50, was distantly related to the Earls of Bessborough. He was born in 1961, the son of Commander Francis Ponsonby, LVO, OBE, RN (1932-2003) by his former wife the former Sally Cocup.

Simon's paternal grandfather was Gilbert Jocelyn Ponsonby (b 4 May 1904), who was a son of the Rev. Stewart Gordon Ponsonby (1856-1938), who married in 1889, Mary Catherine Buxton (1870-1960), dau of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 3rd Baronet (1837-1915), by his wife the former Lady Victoria Noel, daughter of the 1st Earl of Gainsborough, &c.

The Ponsonby line here stems from John Ponsonby, a brother of William 1st Baron Bessborough.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Diana Dawn Birkbeck, who died at her home, 8 February, 2012, aged 78, was a scion of the Birkbecks of Westacre (see Burke's Landed Gentry). She was born 19 Apr, 1933, 3rd daughter of Christopher Robert Birkbeck, OBE, JP (b 1889) of Rippon Hall, Hevingham, Norfolk, by his wife Rosamund Alice Barclay, scion of that landed family (Barclay of Higham). She never married.

Jemima E. Nevill (nee James), wife of Guy Michael Rossmore Nevill (b 1973) , scion of the ancient House of Nevill, gave birth to a son, Frederick Guy James, 7 February, 2012, a brother for George David Roland, who was b 20 March, 2010. Guy Nevill is the son of David Michael Ralph Nevill (b 1941), of Birling, Kent, by his wife the former Katherine Mary Westenra, and Jemima is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland James, of Cobham, Surrey. Guy's father is heir pres to the Earldom & Barony of Abergavenny and the Viscountcy of Nevill.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Hersey Marsham (nee Coke), who died 12 February, 2012, aged 96, was mother of the 7th Earl of Romney and a scion of the Coke Earls of Leicester. She was born 20 March, 1915, daughter of Maj Richard Coke (1876-1964) by his 1st wife the Hon Doreen O'Brien (d 1960), dau of the 14th Baron Inchiquin; married 18 Jul 1946, Lt-Col Peter William Marsham, MBE (1913-70), scion of the Earls of Romney (cr Earl, UK, 1801).

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

_Peter Guy Powlett Farquhar, scion of the Farquhar Baronets (cr GB, 1796), died 9 February, 2012. He was born in 1936, a son of Guy William John Farquhar (1899-1962) by his wife the former Daphne Mary Christian Henry; he was twice married and leaves issue.
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_The Lord Foley, 8th Baron, a peer for almost 85 years, died 12 February, 2012. He was 88. Adrian Gerald Foley was born 9 Aug 1923, son of the 7th Baron (1898-1927) by his wife the former Minoru Greenstone, and succeeded to the peerage (cr Baron, GB, 1776) on his father's death, 3 Apr, 1927. Lord Foley was thrice wed, and is succeeded in the peerage by his only son by his 1st spouse, the Hon Thomas Henry Foley, born 1 April, 1961.
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_Victoria Lady Heathcote, who died in Hampshire, 7 February, 2012, aged 74, was the widow of Sir Michael Perryman Heathcote, 11th Baronet (1927-2007). She was the former Victoria Wilford, daughter of Commander James Edward Rickards Wilford, RNR, of Lymington, Hants, and married Sir Michael in 1956. Her husband died 13 Apr 2007. She leaves issue. Her elder son is Sir Timothy Gilbert Heathcote, 12th Baronet.
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_Sonia Audrey Elwes (nee Sebag-Montefiore), who died at Sherborne, 9 February, 2012, aged 87, was the wife of Capt Robert Valentine Gervase Elwes (1922-59), scion of the landed family of Elwes of Roxby. She was born circa 1924, a dau of Lt-Col. Eric Cecil Sebag-Montefiore, of Le Mote, Pebmarsh, Essex; & married 8 Oct 1946. She leaves issue, two sons and a daughter. Her elder son, Martin Robert Stephen (b 1948) married 1984, Sarah Marianne Worsley, scion of the Worsley Baronets and niece of HRH The Duchess of Kent, &c.
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_The 6th Baron Revelstoke, a member of the Baring banking family, died 7 February, 2012. He was 73. James Cecil Baring was born 16 Aug 1938, a younger son of the 4th Baron (1911-94), by his wife the former Hon Florence Flora Fermor-Hesketh, scion of the Barons Hesketh; succeeded to the peerage (cr Baron UK, 1885), on the demise of his elder brother John, 5th Baron, 5 June, 2003. Lord Revelstoke married twice and has issue from both unions. The elder son of the first marriage, Alexander Rupert Baring, born 9 Apr 1970, succeeds to the family honours.
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The engagement was announced 14 February 2012, between Giles H.E. Haughton, only son of Mr and Mrs Brian Haughton, of Regent's Park, London, and the Hon Kitty Flight, eldest daughter of life peer the Baron Flight, of Worcester, and Baroness Flight.

Charlotte Gräfin Szapary (nee Star Busmann) died in Vienna on 8th February 2012. The funeral will take place in Dobersberg, Austria on 15th February at 2 pm. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at Christ Church, Vienna, on 16th February at 6 pm.

Thursday, February 09, 2012

The engagement was announced 9 Feb 2012 between Michael Troughton (b 1981), son of Mr Peter Troughton, of Wanborough, Wiltshire, by his wife the former Sarah Rose Colman (b 1953), sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH The Duchess of Kent, & Jessica Carnevale, younger daughter of Dr and Mrs Robert Carnevale, of Providence, Rhode Island, USA.Michael Troughton is a grandson maternally of Sir Timothy Colman, KG, by his wife the former Lady Mary Cecilia Bowes Lyon (b. 1932) sometime Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy. Lady Mary Colman is a sister of the late 17th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

_The Hon Bevil David Stewart Chandos Grenville, Master of Kinloss, son and heir of the Lady Kinloss (a peeress in her own right), died 31 January, 2012. He was born 20 June, 1953, the only son of Lady Kinloss by her husband Capt Greville Freeman-Grenville (d 2005), and married in 2001, Marie-Therese Sturrock (widow of Stuart Sturrock), dau. of William Driscoll, of Otley, West Yorkshire. No issue.

.The Baroness Gore-Booth died 2 February, 2012. She was the widow of life peer The Baron Gore-Booth, GCMG, KCVO (1909-1984). She was the former Patricia Mary Ellerton, daughter of Montague Ellerton, of Yokohama, Japan, and married in 1940. She leaves issue. Her son the Hon Sir David Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO predeceased her.

.Rose-Ann Morgan Mainwaring-Burton (nee Templeton), who died 28 January, 2012, was wife of Capt Henry Frederick Beresford Mainwaring-Burton (b 1916) scion of an Irish landed family, and a descendant of the Wellesley Barons (later Earls) Cowley and Earls Cadogan, &c. She was a dau of Robert Bryson Templeton, of Wang Hall, Denham, Buckinghamshire, and married in 1950. She leaves issue.